The Mayan prefix "ox" or "ux," as in the place-name "Uxmal," means this in English. A defining feature of Semitic languages is that every word is formed from this number of consonantal roots. In German and Latin, this is the number of grammatical genders. In Mandarin and in Japanese, this number is "san." American legal writing preserves an outdated term for quantities that have been multiplied by this number, "trebled." 
The Mayan prefix "ox" or "ux," as in the place-name "Uxmal," means this in English. A defining feature of Semitic languages is that every word is formed from this number of consonantal roots. In German and Latin, this is the number of grammatical genders. In Mandarin and in Japanese, this number is "san." American legal writing preserves an outdated term for quantities that have been multiplied by this number, "trebled." For 10 points, give this number, which in Portuguese and Spanish is "tres."
The Mayan prefix "ox" or "ux," as in the place-name "Uxmal," means this in English.
three